Bangladesh's dismal numbers in T20Is

How much ever one desires not to call Bangladesh a minnow any more, the Asian country's performance is such that it invariably gets them that tag, especially in the 20 over editions of the World Cup.

Over the four editions of the World Cup, including the ongoing one, Bangladesh have not really made their presence felt, accumulating numbers only in their losses column. In fact, they have such a bad record in the 20-over version of the world event that they have now registered 10 consecutive losses over the 4 editions put together, including the losses to New Zealand and Pakistan in World T20 2012.

Even when Bangladesh's performance in World T20s is put to comparison with some of the minnow nations, the Asian team fare quite poorly. Barring a win against West Indies in their opening match of the World T20 in 2007, Bangladesh have been disappointing as they have suffered only losses since that game - 10 as mentioned in the paragraph above.

Below is the table of teams listed by the worst loss ratio in World T20s and in this, Bangladesh are only slightly better than Afghanistan and Kenya, who have lost all their matches in the World events till date.

Teams performance in World T20s:

Team

Matches

Won

Lost

Tied

No Result

Loss Percentage

Afghanistan

4

0

4

0

0

100.00

Kenya

2

0

2

0

0

100.00

Bangladesh

11

1

10

0

0

90.00

Zimbabwe

6

1

5

0

0

83.00

Scotland

4

0

3

0

1

75.00

Ireland

9

1

6

0

2

66.00

West Indies

15

6

8

0

1

53.00

Netherlands

2

1

1

0

0

50.00

New Zealand

18

9

9

0

0

50.00

England

19

9

9

0

1

47.00

India

19

10

7

1

1

36.00

Australia

17

11

6

0

0

35.00

Sri Lanka

20

13

7

0

0

35.00

Pakistan

22

14

7

1

0

31.00

South Africa

18

13

5

0

0

27.00

Coming to Bangladesh's overall performance in the International T20 circuit, here too the country disappoints with other minnows like Netherlands, Ireland and Afghanistan having a better win percentage when compared to Bangladesh. The below table denotes Bangladesh performance in T20Is in comparison to the other countries considered to be minnows.

Bangladesh in T20Is:

Team

Matches

Won

Lost

Tied

No Result

Win Percentage

Netherlands

16

9

6

0

1

60.00

Ireland

30

15

12

0

3

55.55

Afghanistan

13

6

7

0

0

46.15

Scotland

17

5

11

0

1

31.25

Bangladesh

26

8

18

0

0

30.76

Kenya

17

4

13

0

0

23.52

Canada

15

3

11

1

0

23.33

Zimbabwe

22

3

18

1

0

15.90

Bermuda

3

0

3

0

0

0.00

One can raise an argument saying that countries like Netherlands, Ireland and Afghanistan have played mostly against minnows like themselves while Bangladesh have played more against established Test playing nations. Therefore, it is only fair to check Bangladesh's performance against the non Test playing nations and put that in comparison. In this case, Bangladesh have done only slightly better, while the likes of Ireland and Afghanistan still hold a better win ratio.

Bangladesh and others against non Test playing nations:

Team

Matches

Won

Lost

Tied

No Result

Win-Loss ratio

Ireland

22

15

6

0

1

2.50

Afghanistan

9

6

3

0

0

2.00

Bangladesh

8

5

3

0

0

1.66

Netherlands

14

8

5

0

1

1.60

Scotland

13

5

8

0

0

0.62

(Note: Since Zimbabwe is also a Test playing nation, they have been excluded from the list)

The above tables clearly show how poor Bangladesh have been in the 20 over format in International cricket and to elaborate it further here's a look of the teams with most consecutive losses in T20Is. It is no surprise that Bangladesh feature second on that list, only below Zimbabwe, who have been even worse than the Asian team in Twenty20s.

Most consecutive losses in T20Is:

Team

Streak of Losses

From

To

Zimbabwe

14

May 3, 2010

Ongoing

Bangladesh

12

September 15, 2007

May 5, 2010

New Zealand

7

September 19, 2007

Jun 13, 2008

Scotland

7

August 4, 2008

Feb 11, 2010

Canada

7

February 4, 2010

Ongoing

Pakistan

6

September 5, 2010

Dec 28, 2010

Kenya

6

February 11, 2010

Ongoing

All these tables without doubt prove that Bangladesh need to improve drastically if they are to challenge other nations in the future. To conclude, here is a table showing Bangladesh's country-wise performance in Twenty20 Internationals. The below table shows that Bangladesh have been wanting against the competent Test nations and the only solace for them is probably the fact that they have beaten West Indies in 2 of the 3 games that they have played against them. To improve their dismal record though, the 'Tigers' should garner more in the wins column against the other Test nations as well.